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You've gotta know the Husaberg story to put it all together...it starts with Cagive buying Husky (motorcycles ONLY) in 1987 and they moved EVERYTHING to Italy.
The folks left behind in Sweden started Husaberg...in 1988...
KTM bought Husaberg in '95. Husaberg AND KTM thumpers were sharing the "Husaberg" motor back then. It all evolves and eventually everything gets moved to Austria...
But, all that KTM "4T" tech has it's roots in Husaberg...&.... Husaberg is Sweden's "Phoenix from the ashes of Husqvarna".
It's just good business to tag into KTM's success & engineering.
2 sides of the same coin, no point developing 2 different motors or chassis when you could focus all your attention on making one model great.
Change bars, suspension, mapping etc.
Pit Row
I remember when KTM released the RFS engines and it was clearly a slightly tweaked Husaberg engine. I read that KTM did the math and figured they would spend about a fifth of what it would take to develop a four stroke engine from scratch vs buying Husaberg as a whole who already had a viable four stroke.
All the plastics had KTM stampings back then even.
It seems to me they pivoted on that strategy. Their dealer network has grown fast and it’s not like the Husky’s come w/ Cone Valves or FE tech.
Im happy either way. I fucking love my Husky.
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